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Us is serene jones. what is the value of faith in a moment like this? >> well, in a moment like this, its time for very critical self-reflection. in so many ways, our religious communities are responsible for that deep bias, that prejudice, that brutality. people learn those in many cases in their churches, but also means its a moment for religious communities, for faith communities to tell a different story. this mortgage morning, in every church in this country, it should be the topic of discu...

Not good in some cases but better. and the reason its important for us to understand progress has been made is that then gives us hope that we can make more progress. >> so i think this is fascinating. because i think what happens when i talk to my father and to my uncles, they dont say better they say different. this thing is a different thing, but they never say better. >> you see its interesting because the ceiling is now higher for african-americans than it was 50 years ago without question....

Is that we think we are trying to solve. joining me now is dave ziron, and it is worth pointing out you are both white men and i really purposely wanted specifically to have this conversation across this particular divide because i think theres a particular role for white people in this conversation on race. and i guess im wondering in part, dave, how you would define what that role is. >> first and foremost, it is obscene to have a conversation about the problems in black culture when black peo...

Empowering for survivors. if they are not going to have a legal sense of justice. >> right. thats an interesting question because theres a lot of ways in which coming to tell your story in some fashion, you know, can be very therapeutic. whether or not that story should shake place through the social media or any kind of media is another question. certainly a lot of people do try to push the memories away and they try not to think about what happened, and thats a way of kind of getting through e...

Managing this moment because he himself is a black man. which got me to thinking about the buzz worthy question our next guest posed back in august. will it take the next white president to talk to white americans about race? joining me now from washington, d.c. is slate.com staff writer jamelle bowie. talk to me about whether or not we need a white president to have the race talk. >> well, my first thought when i asked that question was thinking back to the commencement at howard university in ...

Families. there are inequities in the criminal justice system. black americans make up 13% of the population but 28% of all arrests. and african-american men are six times more likely to be incarcerated than white men. and to receive sentences 20% longer than white men of similar crimes. but these are rarely about the numbers, statistics and graphs, this is about answering the question why. why are black people sicker, poorer, more likely to be arrested? some point to active ongoing conscious ra...

As more women come forward with sexual assault allegations against bill cosby, it is important to note the entertainer has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. but theres no question his star power has been tarnished figuratively and literally. this past weekend in los angeles the world rapist was scrawled across bill cosbys star on the hollywood walk of fame. and the army took off his title of chief officer. the secretary of the navy said he was being stripped of his title because the allega...

Unwillingness to commit to securing justice for students who are survivors of sexual assault. the article sparked national outrage casting uva as the poster child for the institutional failure to address the problem of sexual assault. it prompted the university to hold an emergency meeting to review and revamp the policies and to begin addressing the shortcomings in handling the cases. and then this week the story took a turn. it was called into question by the journalistic organization that ini...